Dapper
Perl publishing tool that builds static websites from Markdown files and TT3 layouts.
markdbenson.com/dapperrepositorydocs
Dapper is a publishing tool for static websites, written in Perl and distributed as a CPAN module that provides the dapper command. Content is written as Markdown files, and layouts use the TT3 syntax from the Template::Alloy engine. A build writes the site to an _output directory as static files, which the README shows publishing to Amazon S3 or GitHub Pages.
Mark D. Benson maintains the project and publishes it from a page on his personal site.
Worth knowing
The maintainer’s page for Dapper is marked archived and says the software is no longer actively developed.
Identity
- Status
- Discontinued1
- Maintainer
- Mark D. Benson1
- Maintained by
- Individual1
- First release
- 20143
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Static files3
- Rendering
- Static output3
- Install with
- cpan3
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-23: Status, links, Maintainer, Maintained by, Content storage
markdbenson.com/dapper - 2026-10-23: links, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/markdbenson/dapper - 2026-10-23: links, Written in, Runtime, Categories, Templating, Rendering, Runs as, Install with, License, License model, First release
github.com/markdbenson/dapper/blob/master/README.md - 2026-10-23: Minimum runtime, Current major version, Last release
fastapi.metacpan.org/v1/release/App-Dapper - 2026-10-23: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/markdbenson/dapper/contributors?per_page=1